EP2051544A4 - Hearing aid - Google Patents

Hearing aid

Info

Publication number: EP2051544A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: hearing aid; hearing; aid
Prior art date: 2006-08-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP07792362A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2051544A1 (en

Inventor

Junji Imai

Hitoshi Makinaga

Hiroshi Inoue

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd

Original Assignee

Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2006-08-11

Filing date

2007-08-10

Publication date

2011-10-05

2007-08-10 Application filed by Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd filed Critical Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd

2009-04-22 Publication of EP2051544A1 publication Critical patent/EP2051544A1/en

2011-10-05 Publication of EP2051544A4 publication Critical patent/EP2051544A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
- H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
- H04R25/602—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of batteries
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
- H10N10/10—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects
- H10N10/13—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects operating with only the Peltier or Seebeck effects characterised by the heat-exchanging means at the junction
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
- H04R2225/0216—BTE hearing aids having a receiver in the ear mould
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2225/31—Aspects of the use of accumulators in hearing aids, e.g. rechargeable batteries or fuel cells

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Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Neurosurgery (AREA)
Otolaryngology (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Amplifiers (AREA)
Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
Battery Mounting, Suspending (AREA)

EP07792362A 2006-08-11 2007-08-10 Hearing aid Withdrawn EP2051544A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2006220445A JP2008048067A (en)	2006-08-11	2006-08-11	Hearing aid
PCT/JP2007/065717 WO2008018586A1 (en)	2006-08-11	2007-08-10	Hearing aid

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2051544A1 EP2051544A1 (en)	2009-04-22
EP2051544A4 true EP2051544A4 (en)	2011-10-05

Family

ID=39033114

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP07792362A Withdrawn EP2051544A4 (en)	2006-08-11	2007-08-10	Hearing aid

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
US (1)	US8031893B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP2051544A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2008048067A (en)
KR (1)	KR101023387B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN101502130A (en)
WO (1)	WO2008018586A1 (en)

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JP4513923B1 (en)	2009-06-09	2010-07-28	パナソニック株式会社	hearing aid
JP4554718B1 (en) *	2009-06-12	2010-09-29	パナソニック株式会社	hearing aid
EP2506600B1 (en) *	2011-04-01	2016-06-15	Niraimathi Appavu Mariappan	Power supply for a hearing aid or hearing assistance system
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US10672967B2 (en)	2014-12-19	2020-06-02	Illinois Tool Works Inc.	Systems for energy harvesting using welding subsystems
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2006
- 2006-08-11 JP JP2006220445A patent/JP2008048067A/en active Pending
2007
- 2007-08-10 CN CNA2007800298926A patent/CN101502130A/en active Pending
- 2007-08-10 KR KR1020097001433A patent/KR101023387B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2007-08-10 EP EP07792362A patent/EP2051544A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-08-10 US US12/375,593 patent/US8031893B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2007-08-10 WO PCT/JP2007/065717 patent/WO2008018586A1/en active Application Filing

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE19530382A1 (en) *	1995-08-18	1997-02-20	Meiners Horst	Generating electrical current, esp. small current
DE19827898C1 (en) *	1998-06-23	1999-11-11	Hans Leysieffer	Electrical energy supply for an implant, eg. a hearing aid
WO2006017226A1 (en) *	2004-07-12	2006-02-16	Cochlear Americas	Thermoelectric power supply
US20060169314A1 (en) *	2005-01-31	2006-08-03	Yamaha Corporation	Artificial inner ear and thermoelectric generator therefor

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO2008018586A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP2051544A1 (en)	2009-04-22
KR101023387B1 (en)	2011-03-18
US20090238390A1 (en)	2009-09-24
WO2008018586A1 (en)	2008-02-14
US8031893B2 (en)	2011-10-04
CN101502130A (en)	2009-08-05
KR20090023504A (en)	2009-03-04
JP2008048067A (en)	2008-02-28

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2009-03-20	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2009-04-22	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20090127
2009-04-22	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2009-04-22	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS
2011-10-05	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20110901
2011-10-05	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: H01L 35/30 20060101ALI20110826BHEP Ipc: H04R 25/00 20060101AFI20110826BHEP
2011-11-11	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
2011-12-14	18W	Application withdrawn	Effective date: 20111108